CategoriesBlog PostsAs our earth continues to warm, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and severe, leading to significant health risks to communities around the globe. Populations such as pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and health workers are some of the groups most heavily impacted. Exposure to heat stress during pregnancy significantly raises the risk of […]
CategoriesBlog PostsThe European Climate-Health Cluster has issued a policy brief titled, “The Importance of Protecting Human Health in EU Climate Policies.” The policy brief highlights the detrimental effects of climate change on human health and advocates for urgent action, providing a set of recommendations to safeguard public health in Europe. HIGH Horizons is one of six Horizon Europe research and […]
CategoriesBlog PostsAs part of the Climate-Health Cluster, we are delighted to share the first cluster newsletter. We are excited to present the coordinators of the 6 cluster projects, who share progress updates from the last 18 months, explain their roles within the cluster, and highlight how their work supports EU policy action to address the health impacts […]
CategoriesBlog PostsHIGH Horizons was represented at this year’s European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna by consortium members from the University of Graz, Ilona Otto, lead of the project’s work package 2, Climate Scientist Chloe Brimicombe and two graduate students Tobias Monthaler and Katharina Wieser. Ilona Otto presented during the session ‘Earth resilience, tipping points, […]
CategoriesBlog PostsHIGH Horizons, alongside the World Health Organization (WHO), has developed a conceptual framework for extreme heat and maternal, newborn and child health. We spoke with Annie Portela, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing at the WHO, about developing the framework, what WHO and HIGH Horizons aim to achieve with it and […]
CategoriesBlog PostsIn an effort to better understand evolving governance around heat and health, HIGH Horizons have partnered with the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to call for submissions of Heat Health Action Plans, National Health Adaptation Plans and related governance documents containing heat health components from around the world. […]
CategoriesBlog PostsHIGH Horizons joined colleagues across the European Climate Health Cluster, to attended the ‘Research Perspectives on the Health Impacts of Climate Change’ Conference in Brussels, on 19 and 20 February. The high-level conference, organised by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, was set out to bring together researchers, policymakers and relevant […]
CategoriesBlog PostsIn the midst of the scorching heat in Mt Darwin, Zimbabwe, groundbreaking research undertaken by CeSHHAR as part of the HIGH Horizons consortium is shedding light on the effects of extreme temperatures on pregnant and postpartum women, as well as the dedicated healthcare workers who support them. A recent site and support supervision visit was […]
CategoriesEvent8 December 09.30 – 10.45 (GMT+4) / 05.30 – 06.45 (GMT) This session will focus on the impact of climate change on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) addressing research approaches, findings and policy implications of a series of studies focusing on climate change and health and advocate solutions. The event will use a panel […]
CategoriesBlog PostsThe team met in Stockholm on 9 and 10 October 2023 On 9 and 10 October, eleven HIGH Horizons consortium partners gathered at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, for their second consortium meeting. “Our Second HIGH Horizons consortium meeting brought together 32 scientists, policy-makers and implementers, mainly from Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, to discuss the progress […]
